Snow Tubing

I tired to take the kids snow tubing today in the mountains of North Carolina. The roads were in bad shape and the Cadi got stuck trying to go up a hill. It was a frozen mess. I needed chains, a 4X4, a tow rope, and a shovel but didn't have a any of that. After being stuck for about an hour, I called my wife on her cell phone and we discussed an alternate route, with the help of google maps, that wasn't as hilly. So I drove home a different way. We never went tubing.

The kids said today that they were sick of snow and ice.

I am glad to be home today!

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

I'm dreaming of a white christmas, just like the ones I used to know, Where the treetops glisten and children listen, to hear sleigh bells in the snow ...

We are having a white Christmas at my house this year. The kids and I love it. It is snow ball time!

Merry Christmas to all!

Next Day (Sunday)

Today was a fun day for sledding and building a snow man. The hills around our house make for fast sled rides. Here is Justin Luke all bundled up and getting ready for a sled ride. Ashlyn is busy making a snow angle

Pretzel Time!

Instead of making cookies, I decided to make mall pretzels (with the help of the younger ones of course). Instead of small, hard pretzels, we made the big, huge, and buttery ones. Before we started cooking though, the helper chefs had to dress up and look cute. After the dough had risen, we cut it into pieces and formed the pretzel. When all were in a some-what pretzel looking shape, we put it in the oven and cleaned the messy place up. When it was time for us to take them out of the oven, Luke took the task of buttering and salting them (good thing none of us has high blood pressure). When the pretzel making process was over, we sat down with a huge glass of milk and ate our pretzels.